Every day in suburbia, there was a little girl with dark hair and blue eyes that would wait for her momma's
Photoplay or her dad's
Life magazine to arrive at the house.
She would search out photos of her favorite stars; Marilyn Monroe, Veruschka (super model from the 60s), Gloria Steinem (she fascinates!), and Elizabeth Taylor.
She would stare at photos of Elizabeth, look at the color of the eyes, then look in the mirror and try to convince myself that her eyes were as violet as those were. That any other human on earth could look like her. She didn't believe any did.
This movie had better NEVER be remade. Elizabeth IS Maggie the Cat.
Even this diamond doesn't overshadow her beauty IMHO.
I remember reading about the filming of this movie and the love affair she had with Richard Burton. I didn't actually see the movie until I was much older. We didn't go to many movies in those days!
The scandal this couple caused was way worse than any Jolie/Aniston/Pitt thing of today. I recently saw Debbie Reynolds somewhere and she told the story of how she and Elizabeth buried the hatchet from that hurt.
I never missed The Oscars (still don't truth be told) and I totally remember sitting in our paneled rumpus room an inch away from our new COLOR TV watching her give an award in this dress. The color blue of that dress and her tan made me swoon.
That was the night this happened. Does anyone remember streaking?
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